Commentary
The current conventional wisdom is that the Republicans will win control of the U.S. Congress in November. Many news and opinion pieces are focused on the declining favorability polls of President Joe Biden and the Democrat Party in general.
However, there is a major story-within-the-story: the struggle for control of the Republican Party between the establishment wing represented by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and former President Donald Trump’s America First coalition.
Let us examine the topic in detail.
This part of the two-part series is focused on the GOP establishment, of which McConnell is the most prominent member. Part two will cover the America First faction of the Republican Party that support Trump.
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